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Republican Elite In Disarray After David Frum Is Sacked By Think-Tank
London Times ^ | March 27, 2010 | Giles Whittell

Posted on 03/27/2010 10:32:45 AM PDT by Steelfish

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To: GAB-1955

Very true, but note they are talking about R elites, which none of us our, nor are Conservatives pols.


61 posted on 03/27/2010 11:20:33 AM PDT by gidget7 ("When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property." Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Steelfish

Frum should have been dropped for a lot of things but calling out the GOP performance on health care was not one of them. No one was allowed to tell Bush he was going in the wrong direction with voters either. Disaster followed.

What the GOP needs is to get out in front with something. Coming up with a plan to start employment humming again on Main Street would be my suggestion.


62 posted on 03/27/2010 11:24:19 AM PDT by ex-snook ("Above all things, truth beareth away the victory.")
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To: Responsibility2nd
So, no. I’ll pass.

I should have myself. Nothing but pure nonsense. The author is clueless

63 posted on 03/27/2010 11:26:39 AM PDT by Popman (Balsa wood: Obama Presidential timber)
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To: Steelfish
Republican Elite In Disarray

???

Have not heard a word... must be wishful thinking.

64 posted on 03/27/2010 11:29:38 AM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: Steelfish

I’ll bet that when the news reached them, squash games were canceled from Chevy Chase to Park Slope, as cell phones and Blackberries hummed madly with the shocking news. The only thing worse that might have happened were for Sarah Palin to have been invited to supper at the Cosmos Club.


65 posted on 03/27/2010 11:31:22 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: ex-snook
ex-snook writes:

“What the GOP needs is to get out in front with something. Coming up with a plan to start employment humming again on Main Street would be my suggestion.”

How about low taxes, limited government, and free enterprise capitalism?

Always worked in the past.

66 posted on 03/27/2010 11:33:19 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: FredZarguna
Was he conservative from the waist up, or the waist down?

I'm betting from the waist up, since 99% of the average liberal's raison d'être involves the 'orifi' of the lower regions.

67 posted on 03/27/2010 11:38:25 AM PDT by The Duke
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To: jmaroneps37

Best word on the whole thread. “Quisling” sums it up well for describing this betraying jerk. Well said.


68 posted on 03/27/2010 11:40:02 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: circlecity
Looks more to me like Republican leadership is in a long overdue process of cleaning house. Get back to conservative republicanism, roll up our sleeves, and go do it. It’s now or never.

Yep. Looks like this is the greatest loss to the Republican (Stupid) Party since the loss of Jim Greer as Florida's GOP Chairman.

I can't help but think that Jerry Pournelle's having a nice toast somewhere. Not that he'd ever admit it. When he and the other Reagan guys got tossed unceremoniously out of the party by the 'egregious' Frum, we lost some hard science guys that might have been able to inform weenies like Graham why Anthropological Global Warming was a crock LONG before things started sliding off the table.

Come to think, I believe I remember Pournelle and Gen. Keyhoe were some of the guys who analysed Wind Farms, Photovoltaic Systems, Ocean Thermal Systems, and Tidal Generators for power back in the late '70s and early '80s. They concluded that the cost would never get CLOSE to break even, and within 10 years would require replacement due to size/wear/maintenance issues.

But who remembers what the pros wrote for Reagan.

Sigh...

69 posted on 03/27/2010 11:42:03 AM PDT by Right Winged American (No matter how Cynical I get, I just can't keep up!)
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To: Steelfish

Hey Frum, those are some marbles we are content
to let the democrats claim all to themselves.

No wonder Bush was getting bad advice.


70 posted on 03/27/2010 11:46:14 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: zeestephen
"How about low taxes, limited government, and free enterprise capitalism?"

What was the last administration to make that work to create Main Street jobs? In any event, write the bill and have the debate. The GOP needs to get out front instead of reacting to Obama.

71 posted on 03/27/2010 11:46:57 AM PDT by ex-snook ("Above all things, truth beareth away the victory.")
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To: The Duke
I'm betting from the waist down. Had he been conservative from the waist up, his thought processes would have been clearer.

But you're the Duke: You're A-Number One.

72 posted on 03/27/2010 11:59:43 AM PDT by FredZarguna ("I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.")
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To: FredZarguna
"The chief danger in the piece is that people across The Pond will read it and actually think some of it true."

That's the whole point of why the article was written. To deceive and mislead people; to shape people's perceptions. The "independent" press in America has been lying this way for over fifty years.

73 posted on 03/27/2010 12:03:02 PM PDT by StormEye
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To: Steelfish

Frum is completely out touch. Good riddance.


74 posted on 03/27/2010 12:06:32 PM PDT by AdaGray
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To: Steelfish

So according to Frum, all republicans should betray the US, betray their constituents, betray the American people and act JUST LIKE McCain and Grahamnesty...that is, “cross the aisle” and sell-out whenever possible!!! Thanks David, but acting like friggin’ democRats is what got republicans in the trouble they are!!! Why don’t YOU go campaign for Specter AGAIN!!!!


75 posted on 03/27/2010 12:27:19 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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To: Steelfish

So according to Frum, all republicans should betray the US, betray their constituents, betray the American people and act JUST LIKE McCain and Grahamnesty...that is, “cross the aisle” and sell-out whenever possible!!! Thanks David, but acting like friggin’ democRats is what got republicans in the trouble they are!!! Why don’t YOU go campaign for Specter AGAIN!!!!


76 posted on 03/27/2010 12:27:20 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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To: Steelfish

So according to Frum, all republicans should betray the US, betray their constituents, betray the American people and act JUST LIKE McCain and Grahamnesty...that is, “cross the aisle” and sell-out whenever possible!!! Thanks David, but acting like friggin’ democRats is what got republicans in the trouble they are!!! Why don’t YOU go campaign for Specter AGAIN!!!!


77 posted on 03/27/2010 12:27:53 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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To: Steelfish

” - a disaster for Republicans and blamed it squarely on their own refusal to compromise with the Obama Administration..”

What fellowship has light with darkness? There can be no compromise with a Fascist Muslim pseudo-President.


78 posted on 03/27/2010 12:39:10 PM PDT by RoadTest (Religion is a substitute for the relationship God wants with you.)
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To: Steelfish

David Frum is a douche.


79 posted on 03/27/2010 12:41:36 PM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: Steelfish

Huh? I don’t see the writer forwarding one piece of evidence of the right being in “disarray.” Unless he’s basing it all on Frum being kicked on his behind? Dumb article.


80 posted on 03/27/2010 12:47:48 PM PDT by buckleyfan (WFB, save us!)
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